Layered Background Birthday Wishes Cards - Simon Says Stamp

Hello again! You can NEVER have enough birthday cards, so I always love when I can make several all at once, just by changing one thing so that you also have some variety. These cards use a mix of supplies from Simon Says Stamp - a stencil, background stamp, sentiment die...and they all come together for a really fun design!

These cards came together kind of unexpectedly! I started off by stenciling some backgrounds using the Leafy Greens stencil that I hadn't had a chance to put to use yet. I stenciled one panel each with Wheat, Eucalyptus, and Salmon inks, then softly ink blended around the edges of those panels with the next lightest shades of ink in Straw, Jade, and Shell. I planned on just using those as they were, but then I spotted the Scripty Birthday Background set (another one I hadn't had a chance to use), and decided it might be fun to stamp that over the top, so why not?!? I used colors from a different color family for each one, but similar tones, just a darker shade. I used Honey, Pine, and Terracotta for those. Isn't it unexpected but fun? I then cut those panels out with Stitched Rectangles dies, matted with a bit of white cardstock, and then added with foam adhesive to cardbases created with cardstock from the Lawn Fawn Schoolyard paper pack. I die cut the Birthday Wishes sentiment for each card from black and white cardstock, and added secondary sentiments from Big Old Birthday, then finished off with coordinating Dazzling Gems in Sunbeam, Sprout, and Mandarin. Here is a closer peek at all these finished cards:

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Soft Sympathy Card Duo - Simon Says Stamp

Hello! It had been a while since I added sympathy cards to my stash, and since I always prefer to make those before I need them, rather than in the moment when it is sometimes harder, I pulled out some items from Simon Says Stamp the other night and created these soft and simple cards. The muted tones seemed like the perfect choice for a sympathy card!

I started off with the lovely frames cut using Hand Tied Frames from Starlight cardstock, the perfect soft gray. Next, I stamped one of the floral images from Wild Rose on white cardstock, and heat embossed with my underused Cream Embossing powder. I used small Shading Brushes to add a hint of color to some areas of the image, using Jade for the leaves, and either Ballerina or Periwinkle for the blooms, then die cutting with the coordinating dies. Next, I added some shading to the cardbase, using Buttercream for the top portion, and the coordinating ink for the blooms in the bottom portion. I added some Black splatters, allowed that to dry, and then added the frames with liquid glue. Sentiments are from With Sympathy, and I popped those and the floral images up on foam adhesive, then finished off with some coordinating enamel dots and enamel hearts from Pinkfresh Lovely Lane and Very Merry Christmas enamel packs. Here are more photos of these finished cards:

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Textured Floral Card Trio - Simon Says Stamp August 2026 Card Kit

Good morning! I'm dropping by to share a few more cards using the newest August 2026 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit - Made to Flourish! This month's kit is a wonderful and eclectic mix of florals - most of them aren't really designed to work together, but instead to give you lots of fun variety for whatever technique or style you want to use! The included Made to Flourish stamp set has some adorable floral and vase images, and super cute and playful sentiments. The coordinating dies are also included in the kit, which is amazing! There are some printed floral watercolor panels, a layered floral die, an embossing folder, beautiful floral ephemera, and that's all not to mention the cardbases, watercolor cardstock, Distress Crayons, and more! And, there are also several add on sets available in the store now!

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I had lots of fun with this fun layered set! I actually had recently picked up THIS pack of handmade paper from SSS, and used those as the base for my cards. I trimmed a couple pieces in half to make them perfectly sized for my cardfronts (which I trimmed slightly less wide, so they are 4"x5 1/2"). I scribbled each of the 3 Distress Crayons in my kit (Festive Berries, Mowed Lawn, and Fossilized Amber) onto my glass mat, misted with water, then smooshed the handmade paper onto them to get a soft background. They are SOOO pretty and textured - I love it! Once those dried, I added a couple of the Flowers Ephemera from the kit onto each one, popping up with foam, and a sentiment from the Made to Flourish stamp and die set, heat embossed in white on black cardstock. A few coordinating Dazzling Gems in Butter, Sprout, and Taffy, and then some May Arts jute string (I added more from my stash beyond the 12" in the kit) - and these cards were finished! Here is a closer look:

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Lovely Year Blooms - Simon Says Stamp August 2026 Card Kit

 Hello! I'm dropping by to share my first card using the newest August 2026 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit - Made to Flourish! This month's kit is a wonderful and eclectic mix of florals - most of them aren't really designed to work together, but instead to give you lots of fun variety for whatever technique or style you want to use! The included Made to Flourish stamp set has some adorable floral and vase images, and super cute and playful sentiments. The coordinating dies are also included in the kit, which is amazing! There are some printed floral watercolor panels, a layered floral die, an embossing folder, beautiful floral ephemera, and that's all not to mention the cardbases, watercolor cardstock, Distress Crayons, and more! And, there are also several add on sets available in the store now!

The monthly card kit has lots of perks now when you sign up for the Subscription service! There is a video HERE you can watch to learn more!

This card actually started with that lovely die cut and layered floral image. It uses the Tim Holtz Sizzix Bloom Colorize thinlit die set included in the kit, and a bunch of my tiny scraps of SSS cardstocks. All the colors are linked below if you're curious about those! I pulled out one of the GORGEOUS new Sketched Florals watercolor card fronts, and realized it would be a good fit with my florals. I wanted to have it softly coordinate, and I didn't want to spend a ton of time watercoloring, so I went with one of my default faux watercolor techniques. I blended on some Lemonade, Ballerina, Tidepool, and Limelicious inks in random sections around the outer edges using my Detail Shading brushes. Then, I misted it well with water, let the colors blend and soften, and allowed it to dry completely (helping speed it up slightly with my heat tool). Before adding the florals, I added some gold splatter with my Starry Colors palette. Sentiment is from the included Made to Flourish stamp and die set - stamped in black and cut out with the coordinating dies. I die cut extra of the tiny sentiment without stamping, and stacked them up for dimension, since it was kind of thin and I didn't want to cut lots of small foam adhesive pieces. A few Dazzling Clear gems were the perfect finishing touch! Here is a closer look at all the soft, pretty, and pastel details:

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Pirate Ship Birthday - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! I've got another simple little card using another of the adorable smaller sets from Simon Says Stamp that I hadn't had a chance to put to use. I love a good silhouette, and this one is so cute. Who doesn't love a cute pirate ship?!? And sometimes missed birthdays happen, so a card to have on hand for those moments is just a good idea!

For this card, I created a layered wave background. To do this, I grabbed some Post it Tape, and tore along the long edge to get a rough texture, then used it to mask off the top of the card, and blend some Cadette ink over the lower section. I tore another piece so the pattern didn't repeat, masked down a bit further, and blended the same color a bit deeper, then repeated one more time for an even darker section at the bottom. Easy layered waves! Then I simply stamped the ship and sentiments from Oh Ship directly on the cardbase, rounded off one corner, added a few Surf Dazzling gems, and this card is done, and nearly one layer (if you skipped the gems it would be!). Here is a closer look:

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Burning Dumpster Birthday - Simon Says Stamp

Good morning! Whew...been a bit of a long silence here since the first of July, but finally starting to come up for air in the crazy workload, and have something fun to share again. I wanted to use some of the cute little recent sets from Simon Says Stamp - and this one was just calling my name. Anyone have one of those years where this would be the perfect birthday card? (((Raising my own hand!!!)))

I started off by stamping and heat embossing the image from Hot Mess onto watercolor paper, then coloring in with Altenew watercolors. While that dried, I masked out a line on a white cardbase with Post it Tape, and ink blended some Shark ink underneath to create a ground for it to run down the hill. I also heat embossed sentiments from the set on white paper. I added a bit of gold splatter to the background, then added the images and sentiment with foam tape, and finished off with a few Mandarin Dazzling gems to finish off! Here are more photos of the finished card:

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